Rogan Whitenails

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Skele

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Atlas

I can only settle in a
position that injures me. Lying prone, each voiced exhalation a soothing
groan, I bring my hand underneath my body, bend it forwards and use my outer
wrist to apply pressure to my tummy. I have fallen asleep this way only to be roused
by an ache in my hand, and have not been able to pluck my guitar strings
properly for three months until the tendons have healed. Despite this, I still
do it; my fingers generally tremble, dexterity is never quite recovered, and it
sometimes feels like I am re-learning to hold a pencil.As a boy, I would fall asleep
with my neck flat against the headboard. The rim of the headboard would be
wedged between the topmost vertebrae, so that the globe of my head tilted back
onto the wall. I think that some gradual realignment may have occurred over the
years, where there are nerves and arteries, because I now walk with such
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